Griffith University

Senior lecturer

Contact details for Mr Ben Desbrow

Current teaching areas

• Clinical Dietetics
• Nutrition Assessment
• Exercise and Sports Nutrition
• Professional Placement Program

Research expertise

• Applied sports and clinical nutrition research  
• The effect of nutrition and ergogenic aids on exercise performance
• Food-borne drug research (specifically caffeine and alcohol)

Publications

• Desbrow B, Leveritt M, Hughes R, Jones L and Scheelings P. An independent analysis of consumer exposure to       caffeine from retail coffees. Food Chem Toxic. 2007 45:1588-1592.
• Desbrow B, Barrett C, Minahan C, Grant G and Leveritt M. Caffeine, cycling performance & exogenous CHO oxidation: a dose-response study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 41(9):1744-1751.
• Hughes R and Desbrow B. An evaluation of clinical dietetic student placement casemix exposure, service delivery and supervisory burden. Nutr & Dietetics 2010 (in press).   
• Desbrow B; Minahan C; Leveritt M. Drink-Flavor Change's Lack of Effect on Endurance Cycling Performance in Trained Athletes. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Volume 17, Issue, 4 Aug 2007:315-327.
• Desbrow B; Leveritt M. Well-Trained Endurance Athletes' Knowledge, Insight, and Experience of Caffeine Use. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Volume 17, Issue, 4 Aug 2007:328-339.
• Desbrow B, Leveritt M. Awareness and use of caffeine by athletes competing at the 2005 Ironman?? Triathlon World Championships. Int. J. Sport Nutr Ex. Met. 2006 16:545-558.
• Hughes R and Desbrow B. The aspiring dietitians study: A pre-enrolment study of students motivations, awareness and expectations relating to careers in nutrition and dietetics. Nutr and Dietetics 2005 62:106-109.
• Desbrow B, Bauer J, Blum C, Kandasamy A, McDonald A and Montgomery K. Assessment of Nutritional Status in Haemodialysis Patients Using PG-SGA. J Renal Nutr 2005 15(2):211-6.
• Desbrow B, Anderson S, Barrett J, Rao E and Hargreaves M. Carbohydrate-Electrolyte Feedings and 1h Time Trial Cycling Performance Int J of Sport Nutr and Exerc Metab, 2004 14:1-9.
• Cox GR, Desbrow B, Montgomery PG, Anderson ME, Bruce CR, Macrides TA, Martin DT, Moquin A, Roberts A, Hawley JA and Burke LM. Effect of different protocols of caffeine intake on metabolism and endurance performance. J Appl Physiol. 2002 Sep;93(3):990-9.
• Burke, L.M., Hawley, J.A., Angus, D.J., Cox, G.R., Clark, S., Cumming, N.K., Desbrow, B., and Hargreaves, M. Adaptations to high-fat diet persists during exercise despite high carbohydrate availability. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2002 Jan;34(1):83-91.
• Burke L.M., Cox GR, Cummings NK and Desbrow B. Guidelines for daily carbohydrate intake: do athletes achieve them? Sports Med. 2001;31(4):267-99.
• Blanchard MA, Jordan G. Desbrow B, MacKinnon LT and Jenkins DG. The influence of diet and exercise on muscle and plasma glutamine concentrations. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2001 Jan; 33(1):69-74.
  

Book Co-authorships

• Burke L, Cox G, Cummings N, Desbrow B & Minehan M. Survival for the fittest: the Australian Institute of Sport official cookbook for busy athletes. Murdoch Magazines 1999.
  

Book Chapters

• Burke L, Cort M, Cox G, Crawford R, Desbrow B, Farthing L, Minehan M, Shaw N & Warnes O. Supplements and Sports Foods (Chapter 16). In Clinical Sports Nutrition 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 2006.
• Burke L, Desbrow B & Minehan M. Dietary Supplements and Nutritional Ergogenic Aids (Chapter 17). In Clinical Sports Nutrition 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 2000.
• Burke L, Broad E, Cox G, Desbrow B, Dziedzic C, Gurr S, Lalor B, Shaw G, Shaw N & Slater G. Supplements and Sports Foods (Chapter 16). In Clinical Sports Nutrition 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 2010.